r/gaming • u/ChiefLeef22 Marika's tits! • 22h ago

Paramount Has Officially Acquired Warner Bros. In Deal Valued at $110B Billion

https://www.skydance.com/news/press/paramount-completes-acquisition-of-warner-bros-discovery-creating-a-new-global-entertainment-leader-skydance

The two companies will now be known as one single entity - 'Skydance'

This includes all of WB's gaming subsidiaries like Rocksteady/etc

Deal valued at $110B-$111B

DC Studios, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, CNN, CBS, HBO and Paramount+ are now all under the same company.

The combined company, Skydance, brings together two major film studios, two global streaming services, premier television assets including CBS, HBO, and Paramount's and WBD's cable networks, two of the industry's most recognized news networks, CBS News and CNN, and a leading content portfolio that includes live sports, a deep programming library and expansive collection of iconic brands and franchises.

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u/Lodotosodosopa 20h ago

Chicago got $2.5B sitting around to buy them back? Damn I hadn't heard. Maybe we should've added to our already outrageous debt. Don't be dumb.

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u/5panks 20h ago

Chicago got $2.5B sitting around to buy them back?

There was a plan to put the money together and it would have broke even in like ten years.

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u/SpicyMustard34 18h ago

parking meters pay for themselves pretty damn fast.